line officer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of line officer
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The Navy ultimately allowed Greitens to become a general unrestricted line officer at a support center in St. Louis at his current rank, lieutenant commander.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2019
I’ve been a line officer and a field officer, and those would not be easy decisions to make.
From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2015
Before the year was out, the promising Cabinet Minister was forced from government and self-exiled to the trenches in France as a common line officer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Polis countered, “She may have been a fine line officer and cop on the beat, but she’s a terrible agency head.”
From Washington Post
“I'm not a line officer, and therefore know nothing about the fleet's manœuvres.”
From The Submarine Boys and the Middies by Durham, Victor G.
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